Fitting clothes for CCW

[r_w]

I've been an idiot.  As I've grown older, I have grown, ahem, wider and have graduated to "loose" fit jeans.  Then I started CCing and simply upsized the same style pants to account for IWB.  I was looking like some rapper gangster with pants so baggy.  Definitely didn't look right.

Finally realized that if I go back to the more fitted jeans they fit about right when the waist is sized for IWB!

You got any other hints/tricks for CC clothing?

[Rastus]

I've been an idiot.  As I've grown older, I have grown, ahem, wider and have graduated to "loose" fit jeans.  Then I started CCing and simply upsized the same style pants to account for IWB.  I was looking like some rapper gangster with pants so baggy.  Definitely didn't look right.

Finally realized that if I go back to the more fitted jeans they fit about right when the waist is sized for IWB!

You got any other hints/tricks for CC clothing?

Long tailed shirts...especially in front!   

[ellis4538]

I'm 62 and had to go on a diet and lost about 95 pounds, now everything I have is baggy.  I could almost fit a Barrett 50 in my vest!

Richard

[fightingquaker13]

As much as I hate to revisit the "tactical pants" issue it is a worthwhile one as new folks need the help. First, you dont say where you live or what you do. This is important as it sets out the parameters of what you can work with. Here in Fl., the weather is hot. Thats bad new. The good news is that the dress code is casual enough that most times you can get by with a solid color Hawain style shirt. (may they never go out of style). Likewise, we all pray that pleated pants remain in fashion. Even with my G26 I can fit it in a pocket of my dockers if I add a bandana folded to cover printing and a wallet and cell in my left pocket so I look balanced. I've never carried an ankle rig as I figure that by the time I get the gun out I'll be dead ten times. Before Friscos illness I was asking him about an idea for a custom IWB I had. The idea is this. A long clip that would let the pstol be mounted low beneath the waist band with a rigid holster. Then a cell phone holster on the outside of the clip so it would be discreet. Don't know if this would work, but if so, it would let you carry with jeans and a tucked in shirt.
FQ13

[Timothy]

First.....FQ...pleated pants have never, will never and would never be "IN STYLE" in my house.  I don't own anything but flat front khakis, period.....   Pleats and cuffs just are silly looking!  I don't care how big you are!

Second....I agree on the "Shop Shirt" or Hawaiian style as long as you don't look like Don Hoe or something (Sonny Crocket style don't cut it either).......I wear Commander 1911 under a t-shirt or a pocket holster with a snubbie......I always buy long shirts anyway. 

I don't think carrying a gun is very comfortable but considering the alternative, I'll suffer a bit!  A good belt and holster rig for a gun you trust will go a long way...

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[Fatman]

I've been an idiot.  As I've grown older, I have grown, ahem, wider and have graduated to "loose" fit jeans.  Then I started CCing and simply upsized the same style pants to account for IWB.  I was looking like some rapper gangster with pants so baggy.  Definitely didn't look right.

Finally realized that if I go back to the more fitted jeans they fit about right when the waist is sized for IWB!

You got any other hints/tricks for CC clothing?

Eotac makes a nice line of carry apparel.  Polos, jeans, khakis, shorts, Mexican wedding shirt, etc.  I buy from Rogue Elite online. No tax on clothing in PA so even though I'm in the same state as they are, no tax.

Pants have two sections of elastic on the sides, so buy to your proper waist size. The elastic let's you carry IWB no problems.

[DonWorsham]

I pocket carry a GLOCK 26. For the last few years I've been wearing these jeans at home and at work.

jeans huge front pocket (I remove the hammer loop) I took Rob Pincus' Combat Focus Shooting class in these and did very well drawing from the pocket (everyone else had a gun on the hip and only 2 used a cover garment)
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/guide-gear-carpenter-jeans-with-8-pockets.aspx?a=358088

They allowed jeans at work if you gave to a charity. We stopped doing this in July. So I'm looking for something other than my Dockers (which due to the pocket design I can't smoothly draw my gun). I'm looking at this pant. Watch the video.

tactical pants note all the pockets
http://www.uscav.com/Productinfo.aspx?productID=17162&TabID=1

[ellis4538]

Don, let us know how they work for you...looks like they could be a good deal.

Richard

[Walkeraviator]

I find that a tuckable IWB holster like my MTAC make clothing choice easy.  Simply buy 2" larger waiste bands.  I have found that it doesnt really increase the bagginess of the legs all that much.  As a matter of fact, I found out later that my regular size pants really werent that much tighter with teh gun in place. 

[Kid Shelleen]

Pocket carry, pocket carry, pocket carry. A great solution for "Big Boys" in any weather.

I carry my Walther PPS 9mm in a Done Hume pocket holster in my front pocket, in plain old Wrangler jeans or in any style of shorts with a front pocket. I don't even know that it's there. I carry an extra 8 round mag in my other pocket.

When I am wearing large shirts, untucked, or cover garments, I can step up to an assortment of bigger/badder guns, but the Walther works in the front pocket.

You can get the PPS in .40 S&W.